Hanson Lettuce

Heirloom lettuce with a crunch and a refreshing taste! Wavy green outer leaves with a white core. White seeded variety. Hanson Lettuce came to the US in 1800 and was improved by the Hanson Family of Maryland, and in 1870 Colonel George Hanson shared the seed with the Henry Dreer Seed Company of Philadelphia who first commercialized it. This lettuce is listed in the Ark of Taste with this quote from George Hanson himself: “this lettuce is superior in every respect to any lettuce I ever saw, for these reasons: the heads are the largest, a single one is frequently large enough for an ordinary sized family; the leaves are exceedingly crisp and tender, and (if cut early in the morning) seem to break like pipe stems; the color is of the most beautiful green without, and white within, and is entirely free from that peculiar grassy taste found in some varieties.”This variety is not suitable for shipping, and so it fell out of favor by the 1910s. It is listed as "at risk" as it is only preserve